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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, but if you did your job as a parent, your kid would NOT be rioting in the streets!!! [View all]pipi_k
(21,020 posts)I didn't think it was cool of her to go off on the kid and beat him about the head, but...
At least she came out and GOT her kid off the streets.
As for equating a kid's being out with a wild gang of rioters and looters with his mom's parenting skills, that doesn't even make sense.
Especially if you pay attention to what others who posted in this thread about group dynamics and peer pressure. How easy it is for kids, especially, to be present in a situation with only the intent to watch, but then somehow get caught up in the rising emotions.
I don't think there's a parent in this country who knows every single thing his/her kid is up to at every moment of the day.
Kids are stupid. They do stupid things, even with the best of parents.
And unless you've been there yourself you have no idea what that mom must have been feeling at the time. Angry. Embarrassed. And possibly even scared to death that her kid could have gotten injured or killed.
Raising kids is one of the hardest jobs in the world.